This page provides
a brief definition of queer theory, and several links to related websites.

What is Queer Theory?

Queer theory is a set of ideas based around the idea that identities are not
fixed and do not determine who we are. It suggests that it is meaningless to talk
in general about 'women' or any other group, as identities consist of so many
elements that to assume that people can be seen collectively on the basis of one
shared characteristic is wrong. Indeed, it proposes that we deliberately challenge
all notions of fixed identity, in varied and non-predictable ways.

It is a mistake to think that queer theory is another name for lesbian and
gay studies. They're different. Queer theory has something to say to lesbian
and gay studies -- and also to a bunch of other areas of sociology and cultural
theory.